The history of Byzantine art in the countries of Eastern Europe begins with their Christianization' - these words of Dimitri Obolensky can be used as an epigraph to the review of the monuments of medieval art of the Balkan Slavs collected in this edition. For several centuries the unified spiritual field of the Byzantine civilization acted as a conductor of the most powerful artistic impulses coming from Constantinople to meet the aspirations of the peoples baptized in Orthodoxy. On the lands within the borders of the modern Balkan states - Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria, magnificent temples decorated with fresco paintings were created. In the best of them, such as the picturesque ensembles of Ohrid Sofia, Nerezi, Kurbinovo, Studenica, Milesheva, Sopochan, Byzantine 'speculation in colors' found novelty and boldness of artistic embodiments, depth and power of revealing the enduring values of Christianity. The disk includes photographs of medieval architectural and fresco ensembles of Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, with descriptions and comments on the subjects. It is intended for a wide range of readers. System requirements:
Operating system Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP
Intel/AMD 500 MHz processor
128 MB of RAM
Internet Explorer 5.0
DVD reader.